Cycle track on Dufferin while under construction in August 2018 |
Diagram showing the required road width for contraflow bike lanes (6.8 metres) |
SOURCE: City of Toronto |
An advisory bike lane such as this one in Ottawa could be used instead of an unmarked contraflow |
Seaforth at O'Hara - Add "bicycles excepted" signs to allow westbound cyclists to legally avoid Queen |
Diagram of proposed Peel and Gladstone contraflow bike lanes (SOURCE: City of Toronto) |
The proposed “quick wins” on Argyle, Peel, and Gladstone - when added together - will considerably improve the safety for people riding bikes east-west from Brock to Shaw; providing valuable connections to several nearby bike routes. Applying the same idea to Seaforth along with cycling improvements on Lansdowne will extend those east-west benefits to High Park, the existing West Toronto Railpath, and beyond.
What other short cycling gaps in Toronto do you feel need to be filled? Let’s hear it!
Rob Z (e-mail)
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